Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer. He was ranked No. 1 on the Official World Golf Ranking for a total of 97 weeks. His 41 professional wins include 30 victories on the European Tour and six major championships. He won the British Open Championship in 1987 and the Masters in 1988.
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Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer. He was ranked No. 1 on the Official World Golf Ranking for a total of 97 weeks. His 41 professional wins include 30 victories on the European Tour and six major championships. In 2006, he became the lead golf analyst for CBS Sports. In 2012, Faldo joined the BBC Sport on-air team for coverage of the Open Championship. Faldo won his first major title at The Open Championship at Muirfield in 1987. He is the first British player since Jacklin in 1970 to hold both major championships in both national championships. He has been awarded the MBE for his services to golf and the sport of golf in the UK and the U.S. in 2010 and 2011. He currently lives in Florida with his wife and two children. He also has a son and a daughter, both of whom play golf for the PGA Tour in the United States. He won the British Open Championship in 1987 and the Masters in 1988. He lost in a play-off with Curtis Strange at the 1988 U.K. Open. He went on to win the British PGA Championship in 1989 and the US Open in 1990. He retired from golf at the age of 30 after winning the Masters and the Open in 2000. He now works as a golf commentator for BBC Sport and CBS Sports, as well as appearing on CNN, Golf Channel, and The Golf Channel. His son, Alex, is a golfer who plays for the USPGA Tour, and is a two-time Masters champion.
He previously played in the European Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup with the US team in 1974 and 1975. He had never picked up a golf club himself until he was 14 years old, watching Jack Nicklaus play the 1971 Masters on his parents’ new colour television. In 1975 he won both the English Amateur at Royal Lytham and the British Youths Open Amateur Championship. He then turned professional in 1976 and joined the European Professional Golfers Association. In the mid-1980s, he began rebuilding his swing under the tutelage of David Leadbetter, to reorder his game and become a regular contender in major championships and European Tour events. In May 1987, he won the Peugeot Spanish Open, his first European Tour victory since 1984. Two months later, he claimed his first Major Championship title at the Open. In July 1987 he parred every hole in his final round for a one-shot victory. He holed a five-foot putt on the final hole for his 18th consecutive par. He later said: ‘I knew I’d do it. And I knew I had to do it’ Faldo said: ‘The one at 8 was fantastic, a 35-yard shot and I knocked it to three feet.’ In 1988 Faldo ended 72 holes of regulation play in a tie for the lead in the S.A. Strange. A birdie on the 15th hole gave him a share of the lead with the American.
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